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Janice experiences every mother’s worst nightmare with a simple knock at the door. Her child, her only child, her seventeen-year-old son, her baby is dead. Shot. How could this be? Janice and her husband Tyrone did everything right. Marquis was a good kid with a promising future. But accidents happen, right? The shooting, it was an accident, right? Wrong. Janice’s nightmare is only just beginning as she soon finds out her son was shot by a white man who claims he was defending himself from her son and hasn’t been arrested.

Victoria Christopher Murray gracefully tackles the controversial ‘Stand Your Ground’ law with the death of a young, unarmed, black teen, Marquis. “Stand Your Ground” interweaves the narratives of two women from opposite ends of the spectrum – Janice, the grieving mother, and Meredith, the wife of the shooter. With heartbreaking clarity, both women struggle with what has become their realities. Perfectly timed and very relevant, Victoria Christopher Murray has penned an emotional tale that will resonate with readers.